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decorations and other treasures of art there
in contained. Let me begin with the cor
ner room at the western extremity OF the
palace, called the Room Of the Caryatides,
from the statutes which support the man
t~elpiece. This work il Of comparatively
recent execution it dates from the
Eighteenth century only, and reveals
the corrupt taste Of the p.riod in
interest which attaches to the m~antlepiece:
it conceals a cleverly constructed hiding
place between the floor of the room and the
ceiling of the room beneath, which was
made during the last evil days of the In.
QUESTION in Venice. and which Is reported
to have saved an ancestor of my gracious
lord pursued by that terrible tribunal. The
machinery Of this curiors place of conceal
ment has been kept in good order by the
present lord, as n species Of curiosity. He
condesceDded to show me the method Of
working it. Approaching the the Carya-
tides, rest your hand on the forehead mid
way between the eyebrowsl of the figure
which is on your left as you stand opposite
TO the fireplace, then press the bead inward
as if you were pushing it against the wall
behind. By doing this yen set in motion
the hidden machinery in the wall which
turns the hearthstoRe on a pivot and dis
closes the hollow place below. There il
room enough in it for a man TO lie easily at
full length. The method Of closing the
cavity again is equally simple. Place both
your hands on the temples Of the figure;
pull as If you were pulling il toward you
and the hearthstone will revolve into its
proper position again"
'You need read no further" said the
countess. BE careful to remember what
you have read"
She put back the page Of vellum in her
writing desk, locked it and led the way TO
the door.
Gomez she said, land see what the
mocking Frenchman called The beginning
of the end"
Agnes was barely able to rise from her
chair; she trembled from head to foot Hen
~ gave her his arm to support her. Fear
nothing" he whispered; 81 shall be with
you"
The countess proceeded along the west
ward corridor and stopped Mt the door
numbered Th~irty-eight. This wa the
room which had been inhabited by tive
Baron Rivar in the old days Of the palace;
the room situated Immediately over the
bed chamber in which Agnes had passed
the night. For the last two days it had
been empty. The absence Of luggage in il
when they opened the door showed that ii
had not yet been let
"You see" said the countess, pointing
to the carved figure at the fire place; land
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noerdat gave little attention 10 this diar
| |ogue, 10 new rose and handed 10 NJ
Licnarl analhar Package Of hotes, pUiRtine
to the corners which were all stained with
ink NJ Lienard was an old magistrate, and
nothing surprised him. HIS face did not
change as he opened the door and called: IN.
Guerrier, viii you step here a momentr
Jean did So
"Plenso tell your employer what you told
us n short time ago regarding the inl, spots. "
He repeated what we already know and
then no was dismissed
"You hear that statementr
Iaroquo inclined his head He felt his
heart sink with fear, and foreseeing somo
new and horrible explanation:
Il hear and see" said Laroque, "and /
think with you that that is very extra
ortlinA.y."
"Not so strange. As TO me, explain it
easily Tho situation is clear Your business
was going badly, and you had great difficulty
to get the sum necessary TO pay Larouetto.
You begged him to wait lie refused. You
saw before you inevitable ruin, and ono
means only remained to you, and that was to
take back the money you paid Larouette-
rob him; and in case he resisted kill him.
"What you say is infamous" said Roger,
brokenly. 81 am almost ashamed to have to
affirm to you that am innocent"
"Those arc but phrases; prefer a clear
refutation."
"Very well; then be 1t so, since m1st.r
He was about to speak, but paused again,
and threw himself into chair, burying his
face in his hands in silence.
Speak, Laroque," said the magistrate.
gently and persuasively. -rI.
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LdroQue had but to make a sign TO be free.
Byhis marriage Roger Laroque had formed
eAcelisnt relations with the best Partisan
society, He went much into company, and
they were both, he sRd his wife, very happy,
particularly when in 1865 SuzapHe was born.
Before his marriage with HenTette, Roger
had met one evening at ball woman whose
remarkable beauty surprised and troubled
him. She was Nine. Julia de Noirville, wife
OF celebrated lawyer, and daughter Of q
Spanish father and an Arab mother, and sho
bad the seal Of her races strongly marked in
her features and her nature. Her profile was
perfect, with fne pose beautiful mouth and
teeth, and magnificent eyes full Of ardent
iames. Her form was slender, gef rounded
with perfect grace, and her every move
ment was full Of a soft and languorous charm
what fatality pushed them forward, who
easn tell3 Lovol II he had had timo to reason
with himself regarding tho strange infatua.
ton that drew him onward, perhaps lie might
have resisted, but in his .inthinking youth,
borne upon a resistless and rapid current, h6
fell victim, and after he had fallen he
Flushed with shame 10 have so easily coded.
But IL was 200 late; he was Julia's slave.
We cannot explain nor excuse such a fault,
but it was a sad fact which was to beat
bitter fruit in after years. -"
Julia loved Roger with strength and
depth Of passion that frightened while Il
wearied him. Relying upon that strange
prescience Of true love Julia knew that
Roger did not love her. had never loved her,
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ROGER LAROQUE.
Adapted and Translated from the French
of Jules Mary.
BY OLIVE HARPER.


"Since neither you nor your daughter knows
anything of the murder OF Larouette, how
can you know that we are about to rehearst
the crimein
She said no more except "Have mercy upor
us, oh, Father Of the fatherlessP
Lacroix said:
"Since she saw nothing why is she afraid
And why does she not wish to 60 with me on
the balconyr
Suzanne suddenly lifted her head an(
looked at her with regard which said plain
ly, "Fear nothing; am strong"
And with Lacroix she went out on the bal
cony. Opposite, in the little room, seated
before his secretary, was man occupied will
his papers. This was Trlstot Behind him
burned the candle which shed its light. Ia.
croix touched Suzanne's shoulder. "Look,
child II you have seen you will remember.
Then came up tho street a tall man, with O
high gray hat, n gray coat with a cape. Thi'
was Pivolot. in Rogers clothes. One by one
the dreadful scenes of this drama were worked
out with remarkable force and precision.
"One can see perfectly well, ;" said Lacroix,
Aand it is evident, il they were, es Victoria
says, oil this balcony, they saw all"
During this time he held Suzanne by the
hand He hoped that she would show some
emotion, make some movement. but not one
did she make. Then he leaned over gently
and looked at her closely, and found that her
eyes were tightly closed, and she held them SC
with such force that her little face was one
mass of wrinkles She had willed not to sec,
and she had not scent
Sublime child!" murmured the magistrate:
Ashe has conquered me-"
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-10
,yom.n Rehind s,e opunter.

Some one told me that smile would go long way toward lelpiig me become a successful saleswomin, said a girl 10 whom store life was yetnew land have smiled and smiled untl lOn't think l could look solemn at he funeral of my best friend. l actually grin from morn ing till night, and thnk Twill have to give my mouth a rest il I dm't sell dol lars worth the rest of he fay. l came here with the determination of being good natured and pleasant 10 every one, no matter how cranky scus.Omer l might have, but really, it is hrde- work than thought. Still, am iure good nature pays, and l don't kn0g of any position that requires more patince than that of a salcswOman.
 "A rather stupid girl with a sweet, even disposition is more apt O succeed than a brighter girl who is pick tempered. 1 mean to earn S30 wek some day, if wear out my mouth sniing. I try to be so pleasant Co my cusomers that they won't let any one else wit on them, but ask me 10 take them other counters. Then when I get goot trade my salary will be raised and I willreceive consider able extra as percentas. Yes, bright, good natured girl is petty apt to have her salary increased in the, and need not be afraid to begin on $3 week if she has q home and will not be required to pay board while she is gainig her experience. In this store $7 and ! week is the average salary. y."-Philaelphia Press.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-10
Farming In Japan

An American writer who visited some of the most important of the agriculturA districts of Japan in company with ten: Van Buren. United States consul general at Yokohama, has publishcl an interesting account of what he saw and heard. UT labor saving instruments or machines Japan has very few. Even the blow IS out little used, a broad rlated mattock heinz the principal tool for stirring the soil and there is not four mill in the country. unless the hand grinding ma chine similar to that 6picted on the tombs of the ancient Egyptians can oe called by that name. Wheat is for the most part hulled and eater as rice is, that which is ground being made into unleav- ened cakes. There is no word in the Jap anese language for bread, nor any pro cess in the national cookery analogous to yeast fermentation
 In many parts of the country the soil is extremely fertile and the cultivation is ex- cellent. Near Kioto, the dd capital, IL Is not uncommon to grow sefenty bushels of rice to the acre as the second crop or the ye-r from the same lanc which had pro duced forty bushels of wheat as winter crop. Nor Is this all the ytar's produce, for early vegetables are sovp between the rows of wheat in Februtry, maturing with the latter in May. Alter the wheat harvest the land is prepared for and planted with rice, which il harvested in October Barley and rye, ike wheat, are planted in the autumn Maize is culti- vated to some extent and millet is pro duced abundantly in alutudes where rice
 will not flourish. The farmers manure the land heavily and stir it great mum Der of times between harvesting and sew ing. also cultivating hetwen the rows after the corn is up.-Clicao Times
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-10
A Inke on Rerhnrdf.

Apropos of the theae, Mime. Bern hardt was made the victn of a practical joke on the night of her as; performance at the Star theatre. She much addicted to the practice known nong actors as ''guying," and philosoplc enough to be not averse to joke upon herself if it is funny. In the second acof ''Theodora" the empress visits the mphitheatre in which she was once a sta In the vaults where the performers andthe wild beasts are housed she renews Olsacquaintances, especially with brutes. Te audience sees the Hons cage, with thestraw sticking out between the bars. buthe Hon himself is left to the imaginatia. On this Oc- casion when Bernherdt vent up to the cage to caress the phantn king of beasts she almost shrieked withaughter. Nest ling comfortably in the saw was apoOdle puppy, which blinked ad whimpered at her as she apOstrophied it in heroic strain. The affair put CT in such good humOr that the performance passed of without quarrel with ay One-a rarity, indeed, as performancesvith Mime. Bern hardt go.-Alfred Trumle in New York Times
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-10
Handcuf. Worn by John Brown

Mir. John C. Comfort, of Harrisburg, has added to his large, interesting and valuable collection of relics of the war of the rebellion several objects which for historical value and interest it would be difficult to equal These objects are, first, the handcuffs worn by John Brown, of Ossawattomie, the hero of Harper s Ferry, when he was hanged in Charlestown, Va. on Dec ?, 1859, and, second, two trian- gular pigs of lead, which were buried by Brown near the mouth of the cave which be made his rendezvous and hiding place on the Maryland side of the Potomac river, opposite Harper's Ferry, and from which place he made his descent on the arsenal, which re suited m the capture or the building and his own overthrow, the slaughter of his sons and his trial, condemnation and execution. This lead was found where it had lain for thirty years by little girl, Florence May Thomp son, while digging for daisy roots. Encoun. tering the metal while digging, she called at tention 10 her discovery. further search was made, and three piles of lead, weighing 150 pounds, were unearthed. Of these two pigs have been obtained by Mir Comfort. It is thought Ossawattomie obtained the lead in the mines in Missouri; that it was run in rude molds made in the sand and transported thence to the cave, uo be used in the opera dons against Harper's Ferry.
 The handcuffs which Mir. Comfort has added to his collection were obtained at the time of the execution of Ossawattomie by O VirginiAn, who bequeathed them to his daughter. She had frequently been offered $500 for them, as is stated in the correspond. ence MT. Comfort had about them, but always refused to sell. Finally she yielded, how ever, and Mfr. Comfort obtained the coveted prize. They are of iron, stoutly and clumsily made, and covered with rust. They are con nected with a swivel and two links and locked with a screw bolt. As compared with cuffs of the present day they are of the most prini- tive character, though doubtless as effective for the purpose intended as the more modern bracelets Chicago Times
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-10
Material for Cigarettes.

Any one who Is familiar with faces and figures down town will recall a little, bent up, shriveled figure of little old Hebrew who haunis the BOwery, Park row and the neigh borhood of City Hall park, carrying under bis arm a dirty canvas bag and armed with a short, crooked stick. with which he pokes among the rubbish in the ash barrels and gut terS He is not after rags, as one might sup pose, but if watched carefully will be seen to collect every scrap of tobacco in the shape of cigar and cigarette stumps that he can find and deposit them in the canvas bag. He lives in a dirty side street of the Bowery, in a miserable little roeu, which reeks with the odor of half burned tobacco After a days work be will have a good sized heap of stumps piled in one corner. A dirty boy sorts the snipeS, as they are called, strips them and the tobacco is washed and then dried near the fire. The pieces are gain sorted and are then ready for sale. One variety, the best, goes to make up filters for ten cent cigars, another those which will sell for five cents and the third will only do for cheap, all tobacco cigar ettes.-New York Graphic.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-10
yb,, s.hool or,. F.,

The Association of Clegiate AlumnB of Boston have issued apamphlet full of statistics of what schOO girls eat and do not eat in New York ans Boston. Out Of ninety girls who were .uestioned at one of the public schools twas ascertained that twelve had eaten Q breakfast Of these twelve, six had fought no lunch con; the other six hA cake, pie and pickles, or similar indiestible food A story is told of four gia-an English, Q French, German and American girl. who were taken to a estaurant and in vited tO call for the fOOdthat each would like. The English gir ordered roasted beef, the German girl 'auer kraut and brown bread, the Freno girl called for pate de fOie gras and te American girl without hesitation ordeEd pink ice cream and cake.-Chicago Tins.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-10

Making a total expenditure of SI 800 entsiled in sinking five hundred feet, and the total st of sinking one thous- and feet, S63J0. Or course the sost will vary according to circumstaucts. but 1t is reasonable to take the erperi- ence of the engineers on the Sahara as an average one. The success which at- tended the trial thus made in Africs has its prototype in Calitornis, where, ID the San Joaquin valley, many thousand acres of land have been made produc. tive by srtesisn wells. while in Arizona. in the San Simon valley. like effort has also been crowned with success.
 While the expense attending the sink ing of artesisn wells IS far lees than is involved in the construction of artificial reservoirs, it is stlll such sn amount as to make the general run or men unvin- ing to make the attempt except where it has been practically demonstrated to be possible. This has never been done in the greater portion of the west. and while numerous efforts have been made by the representatives of sll the territor. lee iu congress to secure appropriations fer testing the matter, they have always